From here on, the situation was a bit awkward, since no one said a word after that.
However, Ino's arrogant side came out and with a smile she looked at Ajisai. "You must be very strong to be able to summon such a big wolf, is summoning your strong point?"
Ajisai closed her eyes and dove into the water up to her shoulders. "Are the great powers always so arrogant? I guess they never realize the damage they do to small countries. Still, I'm sure you people don't know real pain. Pain moves the world and drives us to step forward. My strength is part of that pain" Looking down at her hand, remembering her training with Shi no Tenshi-sama, Ajisai clenched her fist tightly and looked up.
In response to this, Hinata, Ino and Sakura were left confused. Although Ajisai answered the question in a strange way, there were more hidden words than they imagined.
"Are you talking about pain? I don't know what you mean by that. But I must say I was surprised that you have enough chakra to use such a powerful summoning. I only know of two people who can summon such colossal beasts."
Listening to Ino, Sakura's eyes widened as she imagined those two people. Toru and Naruto, they were able to summon beasts as gigantic as a Bijū. Those beasts were so powerful that she felt chills remembering it.
In response to this, Ajisai looks Ino in the eyes. "My chakra, my strength... all of that is due to the intervention of my sensei, Shi no Tenshi-sama. I owe everything to my sensei. My life, my strength, my body, my whole being belongs to him..."
Hinata and Ino recognized Ajisai's expression as she said those words. Somehow, the conclusion these girls came to is... 'A girl in love with her sensei!'
Even Fuyo smiled upon hearing this. She felt the emotion fill her heart. The same thing happened with Suiren. All three girls were naked, so the embarrassment had long since disappeared. Among the three girls, the one with the largest chest was Ajisai, although all three were relatively flat.
"Ara, ara..." Fuyo smiled and approached Ajisai. She placed her hands on her teammate's shoulders and spoke into her ear, making sure they all heard her. "Can you repeat that? I'm sure your words were 'Oh, I love Shi no Tenshi-sama. I want him by my side forever. I want to take him by the hand and take him on a passionate date' That's what I heard, but could you repeat it for me?..... A-ji-sai-chan"
Ajisai's eyes widened like saucers upon hearing that. Even Suiren was surprised at the bold words Fuyo could say. At the same time, Ino and Sakura were silent. They didn't understand how the conversation came to this, but it's definitely interesting, so they want to stay until the end of this.
Hinata, on the other hand, felt a bit identified with Ajisai.
"Shi no Tenshi-sama and I... together... forever... forever..."
As she stared into infinity, Ajisai looked shocked. In fact, she seemed to have gone into fantasizing about what Fuyo said earlier. Her cheeks blushed softly and suddenly the light in her eyes faded.
"I... I... I AM NOT DIGNITY!"
Rising suddenly, Ajisai's breasts quivered. Suiren was surprised by this, as neither she nor Fuyo had ever seen this side of Ajisai. She seemed surprised at herself and somehow disappointed.
"Pffff... Hahahahahaha."
Fuyo started laughing. This reaction was all she wanted in this life. Now she felt she could die in peace knowing that Ajisai really loves Toru.
"She finally admitted it..." Shaking her head, Suiren smiled. At last, after so long Ajisai has admitted that she has more than respect for Shi no Tenshi-sama. This generated a sense of satisfaction in Suiren. [She bathes with her mask on, because she is insecure about her own face.]
On the other side of the bathtub, Sakura and Ino were amused watching these three girls. They somehow looked like three sisters playing with each other. It was cute to see that scene, so much so that someone joined the bath, someone unexpected.
"Cannonball!"
Throwing herself into the water as if she was in a swimming pool, Fuu appeared. However, after a second of diving in, a loud bang was heard followed by a female scream that echoed in the bath.
"It hurts!"
Fuu floated in the water after slamming her butt against the floor of the bathtub.
Hinata didn't understand what happened, it was all sudden, all she did about it was cover her breasts with one hand and look at Ino with a confused face.
"I thought the water would be deeper..."
"And what did you expect? You're in a hot spring bath, it's obvious the water isn't that deep. It's not a pool" Shaking Fuu's hand, Ino looked her in the eyes.
Fuu got up and walked over to Sakura, after that she sat down next to her and submerged herself in the water up to her shoulders. A big sigh of pleasure came out of her mouth. "Ha~ how good it feels" Stretching her arms, a smile formed on Fuu's mouth.
All the girls in the place looked at her silently. She noticed this so she decided to resume the conversation.
"So the wolf girl is in love with someone, huh. You sure are loud, girls. I listened to everything as I took off my clothes. That's interesting that... I'm talking about what everyone knows as love. I haven't experienced anything like that yet. I think to get to love someone you must first be friends with that person. I still don't know if I like boys or girls, though." With a hand on her chin, Fuu thought seriously about this. Then she nodded her head and looked at Hinata. "Hinata-chan! Are you in love with someone?"
Ino and Sakura looked at Hinata. Although they already knew the answer to this, they were interested to see this girl's reaction. A reaction that was surprising to Sakura, who hadn't seen such a serious expression on Hinata since that day in her fight against Neji in the chūnin exams.
Hinata, while covering her chest, looked seriously at Fuu. Ajisai had already confessed her love, so to even things out....
"I... I have someone in mind."
"Really, who is he, who is he, what's his name, is he a cute guy?"
Fuu started bombarding Hinata with questions. And, surprisingly, Hinata answered just as seriously. This was something that left Sakura speechless, though for Ino it was different. She felt proud of her friend, after all, they are still competing for the love of the same man.
"Come on, tell us what that boy looks like."
"He... he's tall... his hair is black and his eyes are silver..." Remembering Toru, Hinata's serious expression gradually disappeared. "He has a nice voice and is very kind to me. He's also smart, but sometimes he can be a little cruel to others" Hinata's serious expression was replaced by a flushed and embarrassed face.
Fuu saw this and smiled in response. She was undoubtedly in love.
"How cute you are. I wonder if Sakura-chan and Ino-chan also have someone special" Fuu said.
At the same time, Fuyo and Suiren were very interested in the answers these girls would give. The good thing is that it didn't take long for them to answer. The first was Sakura, who described Sasuke's appearance and personality. Fuyo made fun of her saying that Sakura had fallen in love with a problematic boy and for sure he is no longer with her.
A vein swelled in Sakura's forehead, after all what Fuyo said is true.
"What about you, is there anyone you like?" Holding back her powerful anger, Sakura asked Fuyo.
"Yes, there is someone I like very much. That person is our sensei."
"Uh?"
Ajisai looked at Fuyo in confusion. Although it was obvious that Fuyo and Suiren also felt more than just respect for Shi no Tenshi-sama, Ajisai wasn't able to see it before.
"What are you surprised about, Ajisai? Even Suiren has feelings for Shi no Tenshi-sama. No wonder though, all the girls in Amegakure are attracted to our sensei. After all he is strong and handsome."
"That all the girls in a village feel that way is strange... How old is your sensei?" Fuu asked. She felt curious, plus from the bottom of her heart she wished to meet that person. She thought that meeting that Shi no Tenshi would be good and she would also have a new friend.
"How old is sensei? He is the same age as us."
"Huh?"
Both Sakura and Ino felt strangely surprised. For from the beginning they had thought that the Ajisai team had fallen in love with a man between the ages of about 20-25, but the truth surprised them. It was surprising that someone so young was the sensei of these three girls.
"Kuku..." With her hands on her hips, Ino puffed out her chest proudly and stood up. She felt that she should also show off her beloved Toru. So, with a smile on her mouth and a look full of confidence, she spoke with all her energy. "That person who has managed to captivate me, huh... It turns out that that person I love so much is the same person Hinata is in love with" Team Ajisai didn't seem surprised that Hinata and Ino are in love with the same man, after all, they had a similar situation. "She already told us what she looks like, but I want to add more things. Under his clothes... he has quite developed muscles. Although it pains me to say this, but he had quite a few scars all over his body. Sometimes, he used to look at the sky with that mysterious expression. In fact, sometimes I came to believe that he was sad because of the way he was breathing. His way of talking is always cruel, but it has its appeal. If you give yourself a chance to get to know him by ignoring the awkward conversations he usually brings up, you'll realize that he's a good guy."
Taking in each of the memories she has of Toru, Ino touched her heart with pain, however, she kept a smile, as she was hopeful that one day she will be able to find Toru and bring him back to her side.
"If you describe it that way, it seems like the guy you fell in love with has no friends" Fuyo said.
This was something that made Ino stop herself from talking. She thought for a few moments and then sighed.
Fuu is right. Toru didn't have any friends, or not that Ino knows of.
"Well. I already said Toru is a nice guy. He's handsome and sometimes kind..."
Fantasizing a bit about Toru, Ino hugged herself and smiled. However, Ajisai and her teammates' eyes widened in shock when they heard Ino mention that name.
'She said... Toru?' Both Fuyo and Suiren fell silent. Ajisai, on the other hand, stood up from the water abruptly and looked at Hinata and Ino as if they were the worst trash in the world.
"I'm done. I'm going to sleep" Ajisai said and then hurriedly got out of the bath.
A few seconds later, her teammates followed her, leaving Fuu with a lot of questions on her mind. That didn't matter so much though, she was planning to pay them a late night visit.
"She got angry for some reason. Fufufu... I'll come after you later, wolf girl."
With her arms crossed, Fuu looked at Sakura. "Can you tell me more about that boy Toru? "Sakura looked at Ino, as she doesn't know much about that boy, so it's hard for her to talk about him. However, with Ino on the scene, she might hear some new things related to Sasuke, after all, Sasuke and Toru are childhood friends.
'Toru... I... I must do something to bring him back. I need more chances to investigate...' Watching Ino and Fuu talking, Hinata clenched her fists with out and decided some things she will do in the future.
-Amegakure-
Walking in the water as the blood poured out, Toru looked up at the clouds and sneezed. He felt that someone was talking about him. Other than that feeling, Toru felt itchy on his back due to the wound he received. Konan seemed to have noticed this.
"Follow me."
Walking past Toru, Konan thought she should do something about it. Toru didn't understand though and just stood there as he watched this woman walk away.
It only took a second for the sheets of paper to grab him by the scarf and drag him next to Konan. After that, the large wings of an angel spread out.
***
Having entered the largest building in all of Amegakure, Konan tells Toru to take off his cloak and sweater. She will heal Toru's wounds, so she needs this boy to take off his clothes.
Toru is confused for a few seconds, as he could hardly understand what was going on. Well, he didn't need someone to heal his wounds, time would heal them completely, but Toru didn't know how to tell this to Konan. Still, he sighed and obeyed this woman's words.
Once Toru took off his cloak, some paper butterflies appeared and took it somewhere. He watched this for a few seconds until he realized that Konan was staring at him, waiting for Toru to take off the sweater and take a seat on the bench.
'Ha~ I don't know if she's nice or if she hates me with all her being.'
Shaking his head and taking off his sweater at the same time, Toru looked at the ground and sighed. He waited for Konan to do whatever she was going to do and closed his eyes. Now he was sitting on the bench, so he couldn't do anything but sit still.
"..."
Toru felt Konan's hands on his back and then a shiver ran through his body. A faint green light came into view and Toru felt the itch in the wound begin to subside. Konan was using medical ninjutsu, though it didn't seem like she was an expert at it.
Looking at the boy's back, Konan narrowed her eyes. She saw quite a few scars of varying sizes on Toru's torso. Some appeared to have been caused by horrible blows and odd cuts. In addition to the boy's torso, it looked like his arms were also scarred, but as these were covered by bandages, it was hard to tell.
"When Pain threw me against that mountain... did you heal me?" looking down at the ground, Toru asked his question, but Konan didn't answer and continued with her own. Still, that silence was enough for Toru, that was when he understood, that this woman was not as cold and cruel as she seemed.
"I'm not used to thanking things to people I don't know, but still... thank you."
Feeling Konan's hands on his back, Toru looked at the ground with that lifeless expression he usually has. Toru thinks Konan's hands are soft, the hands of a woman who has suffered a lot.
"Don't thank... there's no need."
Toru looked up. He was surprised to hear that tone of voice in Konan. And after that... she started humming a song. A song that brought back a memory from the past to Toru.
The emotionless expression on Toru's face changed a little, showing a small relaxed smile.
'It seems... we'll get along better from now on.'
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Ha~ my life is stressful.... My pets died, I hurt my eye, my head hurts and I have to go to work... I feel like I'm in a place with no way out. Sometimes they say, when a man cries, it's because all is lost, there are no more options. The truth is that I'm about to cry.... I feel sad, angry... I don't know how to feel. I am tired...
But well, I'll leave this chapter here. This week there will be no chapters except in P atreon because I'm so busy, I'll try to pull myself together mentally. I feel like crap right now. Have a nice day, love your pets and appreciate life, it doesn't matter if it slaps you in the face and knocks you down, it's up to you to decide if you get back up.